I laughed, I cried, my heart skipped a beat.

I can hardly believe what a month it has been!

We have recently done some ministry in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and were there for just over a week. We started out with our very first Parish Mission, and I don’t think any of us realized just how much it would bless us and also inspire the Parish Community. The Parish was very receptive of us and the Mission was very successful.

There were three nights and each night started out with Mass where we played music, followed by a bit of Praise and Worship music. Some of the music was new to the Parish and some of it was more well known.

Part of Massive Worship’s mission is to revive music in parishes and to basically show every generation that music is a very important part of the Mass and to unite the generations by playing new music that is Liturgical but by also playing old hymns and classic Mass songs in a way that is beautiful and appealing to all, ultimately leading everyone to enter into the beauty and importance of the Holy Eucharist. After the Mass someone from our team would give a talk, some of the themes were Heart of Worship, Identity in Christ and Your Gifts and Talents.

There was one woman in particular who had a very touching experience, here is a bit of what she had to say about the Parish Mission,

“…I went home and told my husband that I laughed, I cried, my heart skipped a beat….the best part was at the Mass; I truly felt the presence of the Lord and that is something I have wrestled with all my life, but these past three nights that is exactly what has happened at the consecration.”

It is a great blessing for us to hear this kind of feedback and to know that the Lord is working through us, even if we don’t realize it at the time.

Our team has since gone East and we are now in Nova Scotia. We stopped in St.John, New Brunswick for a night, and the day before that we were able to spend some time at St.Joseph’s Oratory.

It was an amazing place! It was so great to see the place founded by the most recent and Canadian Saint, St.Brother Andre.

We were able to do Stations of the Cross in the Basilica and saw the tomb. How awesome it was to actually touch the tomb of a canonized saint! It inspired each of us and I really recommend anyone who is in the area of Montreal to definitely make it a prioritized visit.

St.Brother Andre pray for us!

We are now in a farm house in rainy Windsor, Nova Scotia having a pleasant time working on our ministry, continuing to get our music prepared and writing talks and dramas and preparing for our upcoming busier weeks ahead. Once again if anyone is interested in anything that Massive Worship has to offer, or wants to know more about our ministry, please contact our supervisor Mairin at mairin@netcanada.ca

We really look forward to our time here on the East coast, it should be a blast and I have a feeling God has some amazing plans so continue to keep Massive Worship in your prayers!

God Bless and keep smiling!

Brandi Olson